Kunta Kinte

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cultural icon fictional character literary character television character

Kunta Kinte is a central fictionalized African ancestor in Alex Haley’s novel and television miniseries "Roots," symbolizing the brutality of slavery and the resilience of Black identity.

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Label Occurrences
Kunta Kinte canonical 4
Kunta Kinte (older) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural icon ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
appearsIn Roots (1977 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roots (2016 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roots (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Kunta Kinte Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ
capturedIn The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
child Kizzy NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator Alex Haley NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalImpact became symbol of resistance to slavery in popular culture ⓘ
influenced African American understanding of ancestry ⓘ
enslavedIn United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mandinka ⓘ
familyName Kinte NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Roots NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
givenName Kunta NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme family lineage ⓘ
intergenerational memory ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
inspiredBy Alex Haley’s claimed Gambian ancestor ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Mandinka ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
television ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
notableEvent forcibly renamed Toby ⓘ
kidnapped and sold into slavery ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Juffureh NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedBy John Amos NERFINISHED ⓘ
LeVar Burton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malachi Kirby NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
resists loss of African name ⓘ
loss of cultural identity ⓘ
spouse Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes African heritage in the African diaspora ⓘ
brutality of slavery ⓘ
resilience of Black identity ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
transportedTo Annapolis, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roots → notableCharacter → Kunta Kinte ⓘ
John Amos → playedCharacter → Kunta Kinte ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kunta Kinte (older)
Kizzy in Roots → parent → Kunta Kinte ⓘ
subject surface form: Kizzy (Roots)
Kizzy in Roots → childOf → Kunta Kinte ⓘ
subject surface form: Kizzy (Roots)
LeVar Burton → portrayed → Kunta Kinte ⓘ